/həʊm; hom/
n
1 (a) [C, U] place where one lives, esp with one's family 家
*The nurse visits patients in their homes. 护士对病人进行家访.
* He left home (ie left his parents and began an independent life) at sixteen. 他在十六岁时离开了家（离开双亲独立生活）.
* [attrib 作定语] my home address 我家的地址.
(b) [C] house, flat, etc 房子、住所等
*Homes for Sale, eg on an estate agent's notice. 房屋待售（如房地产经纪人之告示上所标明者）.
* [attrib 作定语] a home improvement grant 房屋改进装修补助金.
(c) [C] (infml 口) place where an object is stored 存物处
*I must find a home for all these tins. 我得找个地方存放这些罐头.
2 [C, U] district or country where one was born or where one has lived for a long time or to which one feels attached 家乡; 故乡; 老家
*She was born in London, but she now looks on Paris as her home. 她生在伦敦, 但现在把巴黎看成是她的家乡.
* She lives a long way from home. 她远远地离开故乡在外地生活.
* He left India for home, ie for his own country. 他离开印度回国去了.
3 [C]
(a) institution for people needing care or rest 为需要照顾或休息的人们设立的机构
*a children's home 儿童之家
* a home for the blind 盲人院
* an old people's home 老年人之家.
(b) institution providing accommodation for workers 为工人提供膳宿服务的机构
*a sailor's home 海员之家.
4 [C]
(a) place where an animal or a plant is native or most common; habitat （动植物的）生息地, 栖息处
*The tiger's home is in the jungle. 老虎生活在丛林里.
(b) place from which sth originates 发源地; 发祥地
*Greece is the home of democracy. 希腊是民主的发祥地.
5 [U]
(a) (in sport and in various games) place where a player is safe, cannot be caught, etc （体育活动及各种游戏中）安全、不会被捉住等之处.
(b) finishing point in a race （赛跑的）终点.
6 (idm 习语) at home
(a) in the house, flat, etc 在家里
*Is there anybody at home? 有人在家吗?
(b) at one's ease, as if in one's own home （像在自己家里一样）自在, 无拘束
*Make yourself at home! 不要拘束!
* They always make us feel very much at home. 他们总是使我们感到非常自在.
(c) (of football matches, etc) played in the town, etc to which the team belongs （指足球比赛等）在主场进行的
*Is our next match at home or away? 我们下一场比赛是在主场进行呢, 还是在客场进行?
(d) (fml 文) expecting and ready to receive visitors 期待并准备接待来访者
*Mrs Hill is not at home to anyone except close relatives. 希尔夫人不会客, 但近亲除外. at home in sth familiar and relaxed with sth 熟练掌握某事物; 驾轻就熟
*Is it difficult to feel at home in (ie confident when using) a foreign language? 精通一门外语难不难? charity begins at home => charity. close/near to home close to the point at which one is directly affected 即将受到触及; 临到自己头上
*Her remarks were embarrassingly close to home. 她说的那些话很露骨而使人感到很尴尬.
* The threat of war is coming steadily nearer to home. 战争的威胁正在一步步地临近. eat sb out of house and home => eat. an Englishman's home is his castle => Englishman (English). a `home bird person who likes to spend as much time as possible at home because he is happiest there 喜欢待在家里的人. a ,home from `home place where one is as happy, comfortable, etc as in one's own home 像自己家里一样惬意、舒适等的处所
*You will find our hotel a true home from home! 本旅社将使你感到宾至如归! a ,home `truth unpleasant fact about a person told to him by sb else （从他人那里听到的有关自己的）不愉快的事实
*It's time you listened to a few home truths about yourself. 你该听一些逆耳之言了. one's spiritual home => spiritual. there's no place like home => place1. when he's, it's, etc at `home (joc 谑) (used facetiously to emphasize a question 用以加强疑问句的诙谐语气)
*Who's Gloria Button when she's at home? 那位格洛丽亚·巴顿是何许人也?

/həʊm; hom/
adj [attrib 作定语]
1 (a) of or connected with one's home 家的; 家庭的
*have a happy home life 过幸福的家庭生活
* home comforts 家庭生活的种种享受.
(b) done or produced at home 家里做成的; 家里制造的
*home cooking 家常饭菜
* home movies 家里自拍的影片.
2 in one's own country; not foreign; domestic 本地的; 本国的; 国内的
*home industries 本地工业
* the home market 国内市场
* home news 国内新闻.
3 (sport 体) played on or connected with one's own ground 在本地或主方赛场举行的
*a home match, win, defeat 在主场举行的比赛、获得的胜利、遭到的失败
* the home team, ie the one playing at home 主队
* playing in front of their home crowd （主队）在本地群众面前的比赛.

/həʊm; hom/
adv
1 at, in or to one's home or country 在家; 到家; 向家; 在家乡; 到家乡; 向家乡; 在国内; 到国内; 向国内
*Is he home yet? 他到家了吗?
* She's on her way home. 她正在回家的路上.
* He went home. 他回家去了.
* Will the Spanish authorities send him home for trial? 西班牙当局要把他押送回国审讯吗?
* (US) stay home, ie stay at home 待在家里.
2 to the point aimed at; as far as possible 正中目标; 尽可能地
*drive a nail home 把钉子钉到头儿.
3 (idm 习语) be, etc nothing to write home about => write. bring home the `bacon (infml 口) achieve sth successfully 成就某事物. bring sth `home to sbmake sb realize sth fully 使某人彻底了解某事物
*The television pictures brought home to us all the plight of the refugees. 我们从电视上知道了难民所处的一切困境. come `home (to sb) become fully (and often painfully) clear 完全（常为令人痛苦地）明白. come home to `roost (of words) take effect upon the person who has said them （指言语）应验到说出者本人身上. drive sth home => drive1. drive the point home => drive1. hit/strike `home (of remarks, etc) have the intended (often painful) effect （指言语等）产生预期的（常为令人痛苦的）效果, 击中要害
*I could see from her expression that his sarcastic comments had hit home. 从她的表情中我可以看出他那些挖苦人的话已经触及她的痛处. (be) home and `dry safe and successful, esp after a difficult time 大功告成而能完好无损的（尤指历经过困难）. invalid sb home => invalid2 v. press sth home => press2. romp home/in => romp. till the cows come home => cow1. when one's ship comes home/in => ship1.

/həʊm; hom/
v
1 [I] (of a trained pigeon) fly home （指信鸽）飞回自己的窝, 归巢.
2 (phr v) home in (on sth) be directed or move towards sth 对准某事物; 朝某事物运动
*The torpedo homed in on its target. 鱼雷射向目标.
* Pop fans are homing in on the concert site from miles around. 流行歌曲的爱好者纷纷从四面八方向音乐会的举办地点聚集.